❓ Ms Mettam's parliamentary question seeks detailed data on cancelled elective surgeries in WA public hospitals and contracted health entities from March to September 2025, broken down by hospital classification, patient initiation, and area health service. The response provides data from WA public hospitals only, categorised by patient-initiated and hospital-initiated cancellations, and total cancellations per health service.
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I refer to all public hospitals, including public hospitals with private operators, and to contracted health entities and I ask: (a) With a breakdown by classification of hospital and patient initiated, how many elective surgeries were cancelled in each of the following months: (i) March 2025; (ii) April 2025; (iii) May 2025; (iv) June 2025; (v) July 2025; (vi) August 2025; and (vii) September 2025; and (b) For each month listed in (a), what was the total number of cancelled elective surgeries by area health service?
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Answered
16 December 2025
Responded by
Minister for Health
Response time
9 days
(a) –(b) Elective surgeries are cancelled for a range of reasons. Patient safety is the priority. The data in the tables below includes WA public hospitals only, and not data from Contracted Health Entities.
Patient-Initiated Reasons
Month Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-25
56
126
122
139
185
Apr-25
58
108
122
120
170
May-25
76
125
155
143
197
Jun-25
69
132
116
141
176
Jul-25
86
131
153
132
248
Aug-25
90
103
125
121
174
Sep-25
72
140
138
146
207
Hospital-Initiated Reasons
Month Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-25
135
262
262
258
450
Apr-25
122
186
247
221
382
May-25
115
298
275
195
440
Jun-25
110
274
288
279
394
Jul-25
137
263
319
211
506
Aug-25
112
304
334
204
460
Sep-25
90
296
258
249
426
Total Cancellations by Health Service Provider
Month Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-25
191
388
384
397
635
Apr-25
180
294
369
341
552
May-25
191
423
430
338
637
Jun-25
179
406
404
420
570
Jul-25
223
394
472
343
754
Aug-25
202
407
459
325
634
Sep-25
162
436
396
395
633
Patient-Initiated Reasons
Month Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-25
56
126
122
139
185
Apr-25
58
108
122
120
170
May-25
76
125
155
143
197
Jun-25
69
132
116
141
176
Jul-25
86
131
153
132
248
Aug-25
90
103
125
121
174
Sep-25
72
140
138
146
207
Hospital-Initiated Reasons
Month Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-25
135
262
262
258
450
Apr-25
122
186
247
221
382
May-25
115
298
275
195
440
Jun-25
110
274
288
279
394
Jul-25
137
263
319
211
506
Aug-25
112
304
334
204
460
Sep-25
90
296
258
249
426
Total Cancellations by Health Service Provider
Month Year
CAHS
EMHS
NMHS
SMHS
WACHS
Mar-25
191
388
384
397
635
Apr-25
180
294
369
341
552
May-25
191
423
430
338
637
Jun-25
179
406
404
420
570
Jul-25
223
394
472
343
754
Aug-25
202
407
459
325
634
Sep-25
162
436
396
395
633
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